As Clouds Roll In, Expectations for Performance and Availability Billow

This article discusses the impact of the cloud-fueled world of application proliferation coupled with a data explosion that is creating demand for critical database administration and data management skills.

This article first appeared in Database Trends and Applications’ Big Data Sourcebook: Second Edition, published by Unisphere Media, a division of Information Today, Inc. available for download at www.dbta.com/DBTA-Downloads/SourceBook/Big-Data-Sourcebook-Second-Edition-4968.aspx.